Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

bstiff, THANK YOU for acknowledging this thread and your welcome.

Of the almost 100 looksies at this thread, its rather upsetting that when a fellow member offers up time consuming (taking time to take pictures whilest working, downloading said pictures, uploading pictures, typing a detailed post and adding pictures to the body of thread in order) that only 1 member reponds with a "Thank you".

I have other DIYs with detailed pictures (such as changing the burned out light bulbs out in the steering wheel for $10.00 for ALL switches, rather than spending $80.00 per switch) or replacing a stepper motor to fix a "guage problem" for $5.00 each in less than an hours time. I am hesitant to take the time to post as I feel its a waste of my time to try to help fellow members that want to talk about "my air ride problem", but "MY" problem is different than the 300+ posts about it. Pitty really.

I belong (and moderate) another automotive forum with more than 3,600 post count in 2 years, many of them are like this thread on DIY fixes W/Pics, the responses from not only the fellow members but also the mod and admin team are VERY appreciative. Last week a fellow member here asked for some technical advice on a simple code (and it wasn't an air ride problem ), understandably there were no replys (ok, no one here knew the answer, acceptable) but then there were a couple of "off topic" replies and the OP had gotten upset and mentioned so and left for another site.

I am sorry if I am coming off as a guy that needs recognition, but again with almost 100 looksies and only 1 reply, how long does it really take to say "thank you" for taking up your precious time to help a complete stranger out!

Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

But unfortunately most of our members are the silent type. No one replys with ideas or suggestions anymore, people pop in to ask Questions that have been answered a dozen times in other threads, and worst of all when they figure one the solution to their problem, they don't return to spread the information. Hopefully we can all get better at using this forum as a resource and a tool to help each other!

Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

very nice write up i wil keep this in mind if any of my younger cousins decide to mess up my upholders they like to play with them lot if i don't have a drink in the upholders i tell them not to do it but they don't listen i hope they stop soon or i will be having to use this write-up on mine luckily i haven't had a broke door with one year of ownership so far hehe

Bump for a awesome thread, fixed my door, FYI the little clip mechanism he's referring to is not sold separately and the Unit from Cadillac is 330$ at a independent shops cost, so I broke down my clip to bend the pressure tab back into place, it works ok now still a little quirky but it does work 99% of the time, this also gave me a chance to dig up 10 lbs of trash behind my cup holder. FYI I am NOT mechanically inclined so pretty much anyone can do this, thank you.

Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

Excellent post!! Ofcourse once I gotten mine apart I "found" the clip, a small spring laying in the bottom..the square plastice piece looks cracked..not sure if someone attempted to "fix" it once before but not much I could do with it. It did give me a chance to clean/vacuum the mess out. But as easy as it was I'll spend some time searching the U pull it junk yards in the future for that bad boy. Thanks again!!

Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

I was getting ready to start looking for ashtray door / console assemblies on Ebay, since my ashtray has been stuck open ever since I got the truck. I assumed it was permanently broken. Stumbled across this, took it apart, and the clip was right underneath, plus I found $2.70 in change. Works great now, and the little change holder slots are all full! Also took the opportunity to replace a clock bulb and clean out the previous owner's trash from under the console. Thanks for the writeup!

Re: Cupholder Door Stays Open, Fix W/Pics

I know its an old thread but its very helpful! Can i buy the spring loaded clip new? Mine is broken beyond repair! Sorry if i missed this some where but i did a search and came up empty. Maybe somebody can point me in the correct dirrection

I would love to be able to give you thanks for these diy's but I can't figure out how to pull them up, I searched and found nothing, any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Remove the bezel around the dash(its the wood trim)after you have tilted the steering wheel to its lowest position then remove the trim around the cd changer(be careful) and then grab the cup holders at both sides(be careful of the power outlet.